I’ll admit it. I’ll buy almost anything Apple makes. I was going to hold out on the iPad , but after reading more about it, I wound up in line the first day it was for sale. As they say, resistance is futile. That’s not the case with the Apple TV. When Apple brings a product out, I expect a small …  Read More →

Crokinole is a beautiful, simple game with a long history. In the tradition of pool and Carrom , Crokinole is a dexterity game that pits two (or four) people against each other around a circular wooden board. Players try to flick little wooden discs towards the center, knocking out opponent’s discs if they’re in the target area. It takes a minute to learn and a lifetime to get frustrated at because you’re just not good enough.... 

This past week, Apple had a host of new patents officially approved by the US Patent and Trademark Office. From streamlining the way images are rendered to preventing the accidental opening of applications, a large chunk of the patents seem to relate to the ways that a user interacts with a device. Macsimum News has a synopsis of all the patents awarded. A few of the patents that stick out are for operations that we take for granted on a daily... 

Steve Jobs was surprisingly candid with All Things Digital’s Kara Swisher yesterday — he reportedly told her that both Facebook and Apple had spoken about integrating more closely with the new iTunes social network Ping , but Facebook asked for “onerous terms that we could not agree to” regarding Facebook friends connecting on Ping. He didn’t elaborate, obviously, but you can see in Facebook’s public documentation... 

Here’s a good sign that you’ve made some pretty significant changes to your application: three different people from the company write three different posts about the new design. That’s what the folks from Iconfactory did about Twitterrific 3. David Lanham wrote about Redesigning Twitterrific , not just the timeline, but also the settings, contacts, filtering, and more to “optimize the user experience.” Gedeon Maheux... 

Have you been waiting all day for iTunes 10 to go live? It finally has . Although the download page remains a little spotty, this direct link seems to work fine for downloading. We’re installing our version right now and will update with fun iTunes facts as we discover them. Happy Pinging, everyone! Update : Windows link to supplement the OS X one above. And an x64 link as well. ( Thank you to everyone pitching in in the comments !) Update:... 

You saw them in the keynote today, now watch them again in the privacy of your own home: the new iPod touch and iPod nano television ads are live on Apple.com and on Apple’s YouTube channel . “All kinds of fun,” indeed. (If you’re a fan of NBC’s Chuck , like some of us are, you may appreciate that Cake’s Short Skirt/Long Jacket — the show’s theme song — is featured in the new nano ad.) [via... 

Yes, yes. We know! The store is DOWN! Thank you everyone who sent in a tip to let us know. And now it’s once again time to play our favorite waiting game: Guess What’s Gonna Be New In The Store Before It Comes Back Up. You know where the comments are. Let’s play! TUAW The US online Apple Store is down originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple  Read More →

Most of you noticed something a bit… oddly specific about Apple’s streaming announcement for the 9/1 event: Apple(R) will broadcast its September 1 event online using Apple’s industry-leading HTTP Live Streaming, which is based on open standards. Viewing requires either a Mac(R) running Safari(R) on Mac OS(R) X version 10.6 Snow Leopard(R), an iPhone(R) or iPod touch(R) running iOS 3.0 or higher, or an iPad[TM]. The live broadcast... 

Plex’s big tease last week turned out to not be an Apple acquisition, but instead a big release, of both a rewritten Mac client to keep all of your media together in one place, and also a brand new iOS app , available now in the App Store for $4.99. Sure, the app’s a little pricey, but if you use the new Plex as your media center, it’s actually a must buy — not only does it work as a remote control, but you can actually... 

With the September 2010 Apple media event just days away, here’s a quick team round-up of our takes on the likely product introductions. Victor Agreda : I’m betting on an iPod nano with touchscreen (because flicking is the new scrolling), and an iPod touch with a camera and retina screen. As for the “One More Thing?” How about a digital shelf in iTunes for your music for MobileMe…  Read More →

There’s no shortage of apps to wake you up in the morning. Show Time may be the most extensive, and it has a wicked sense of humor as well. The app handles multiple alarms and has 25 ambient noise selections to put you to sleep, or you can choose something from your iTunes collection. There are 58 versions of clock faces, all in horizontal or vertical layouts. The alarm clock goes off even if your phone is set to silent, and you can shake... 

Those of us who love to stream internet radio on our iPads can quickly turn into ogres when we switch to another app and the music stops. Until the iPad supports iOS 4 (soon) we’re stuck with no background capability, which makes background streaming impossible.The folks over at FairerPlatform have come up with an easy way to listen to many of your favorite streams without a need to jailbreak your iPad or wait fruitlessly for Flash to... 

Zombie Dice is one of a new breed of board games that was released almost simultaneously in real life and in digital form as an app for the iPhone/iPod touch. It wasn’t supposed to be that way, but the popularity of the free Flash demo that Steve Jackson Games developed for its website made someone realize an iPhone app might not be a bad idea. Fast forward a little while and we can now download – for free*, yay! – a slick... 

When you’re on an airplane or sitting on a beach, watching a movie on an iPhone or iPod touch can be a bit of a hassle. Sure, you can prop up the case — in fact, there are a number of iPhone cases that feature a built-in prop of some sort — but you’re still watching your movie or TV show on a pretty small screen. Wouldn’t it be nice to watch it on a big, widescreen TV? That’s the idea behind Vuzix Wrap 310XL...